Privacy Policy
Global Academy is committed to safeguarding the privacy of the persons we interact with as we conduct our operations to provide top quality culinary education. We respect the privacy of the personal information and data of its users and will ensure compliance by its staff to the strictest standards of security and confidentiality in respect of all personal information and data submitted by users via our website or otherwise. We will not, subject to the terms herein, release such information to anyone without the prior consent of the relevant user(s) of the site (whether registered or not).
This privacy policy explains how we handle personal data as defined by RA10173 otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012 that we collect both directly through our website and the third-party site/s that we connect to that may collect personal data as well. However, other websites and webpages managed and maintained by and/or are affiliated with Global Academy may be covered by a separate and different privacy policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect or generate your personal information in many forms such as written records, photographic and video images, digital material, and even biometric records. Examples of information we collect include:
1. Technical information about your visit
– When users visit and browse our website, we automatically collect technical information about such visit which includes the following:- browser type and version
- browser plug-in types and versions
- date and time of connection
- length of visits to certain pages
- Internet Protocol (IP) address to determine users’ location to ensure we are targeting the right audience
- operating system
- pages viewed/searched for
- page interaction information (e.g., scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs)
- page response time
- time zone setting
- download errors
- platforms and referrers
2. Information provided during application for admission
– When you apply for admission thru our website, we collect, among others personal information such as your name, contact details, family, educational and health background, and other information obtained through admission examinations and interviews vital to the screening of applicants.
3. Information collected during the stay in the Academy
– Once already part of the Academy, additional information about you like academic undertakings and performance, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, and disciplinary incidents and sanctions, if any, may also be collected.
4. Unsolicited Information
– For instances where personal information is received by the Academy even without prior request, we shall determine whether such information is relevant to our legitimate interest as an educational institution. If it is, we shall keep the said information and will treat it like any other information you voluntarily provided to us. Otherwise, we will immediately dispose of it in order to safeguard your privacy.
WHY WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE THEM
We collect personal information about you and use it in order to pursue our legitimate interest as an educational institution including a variety of academic, administrative, research, historical, health and statistical purposes. Personal information collected during the application process is being used to screen and to admit applicants. We collect your contact details for the purpose of disseminating relevant information such as school related announcements, and promotional offers of the Academy’s services we think you might be interested to avail.
We likewise record your technical information in order to keep the website safe and secured. Said information may also be used for other investigative and statistical purposes.
Before submitting a User’s personal information, the site will request permission by asking if you agree with the site’s terms and conditions as well its privacy policies.
HOW WE STORE AND RETAIN THEM
All information collected by Global Academy will be maintained securely in its internal system and data centers and only authorized persons may access the same.
All information gathered shall be kept and maintained by the Academy until the legitimate purpose for which it was collected has been achieved. No information will be shared or transferred to other persons or organizations unless required or permitted by law.
We take the security of personal information very seriously and have appropriate technical and organizational measures in place. The site is protected against unauthorized access using the latest security devices and software, as well as the implementation of the most updated best practices in data security. This site is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the industry’s most trusted and secure cloud-based solutions. For more information about our security measures, you may visit https://aws.amazon.com/security/.
HOW WE DISCLOSE OR TRANSFER INFORMATION
To the extent permitted or required by law, your personal information may be disclosed or transferred to other persons or organizations in order to uphold your interests and/or pursue our legitimate interests as an educational institution. To give an example, personal information may be disclosed by the Academy to other persons, organizations or even to the public for the purpose of posting a list of admitted applicants or of honor and graduating students, and for scholarship and accreditation purposes, etc.
We may likewise disclose or transfer your personal information in order to inform parents and/or guardians of your personal circumstances, to defend and protect our rights, to maintain the safety and security of the information collected and to comply with court orders, subpoenas and/or other legal or governmental obligations.
By using the site, Users are deemed to have agreed to, consented to and authorized us to disclose and/or transfer their personal information and data under the circumstances stated above.
USE OF COOKIES
This website uses cookies and other tracking technology provided by third party service providers which gather your browsing data to better assist you in visiting and availing of the services of our website. Cookies are tiny text files automatically downloaded to your device to gather information. The placement and storage of cookies by your browser settings may be prevented by downloading and installing the free Opt-out Browser Add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
USERS’ RIGHTS AND HOW TO EXERCISE THEM
Under RA10173 otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012, users’ are afforded the following rights:
- The right to be informed whether personal information pertaining to him or her shall be, are being or have been processed.
- The right to be furnished with the information before the entry of his or her personal information into the processing system of the personal information controller or at the next practical opportunity.
- The right to reasonable access to the data subject’s information upon demand.
- The right to dispute the inaccuracy or error in the personal information and have the personal information controller correct it immediately and accordingly, unless the request is vexatious or otherwise unreasonable.
- The right to suspend, withdraw or order the blocking, removal or destruction of his or her personal information from the personal information controller’s filing system upon discovery and substantial proof that the personal information are incomplete, out-dated, false, unlawfully obtained, used for unauthorized purposes or are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected.
- The right to be indemnified for any damages sustained due to such inaccurate, incomplete, out-dated, false, unlawfully obtained or unauthorized use of personal information.
- The right to data portability thru the ability to obtain from the personal information controller a copy of data undergoing processing in an electronic or structured format, which is commonly used and allows for further use by the data subject.
- The right to lodge a complaint before the National Privacy Commission.
For any concerns or complaints or should you wish to enforce your rights, you may contact Global Academy at:
E-mail: info.globalacademyph@gmail.com
Landline: 8005555
Website: http://www.globalacademyph.com/
Address: 4F Millenium Place, Meralco ave. and Sapphire Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Global Academy reserves the right to modify any of the terms in this privacy policy as it deems necessary and without any notice to its viewers and users. We advise the users to constantly check the contents of this document and/or other related files available in the site.
- browser type and version
- browser plug-in types and versions
- date and time of connection
- length of visits to certain pages
- Internet Protocol (IP) address to determine users’ location to ensure we are targeting the right audience
- operating system
- pages viewed/searched for
- page interaction information (e.g., scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs)
- page response time
- time zone setting
- download errors
- platforms and referrers
- The right to be informed whether personal information pertaining to him or her shall be, are being or have been processed.
- The right to be furnished with the information before the entry of his or her personal information into the processing system of the personal information controller or at the next practical opportunity.
- The right to reasonable access to the data subject’s information upon demand.
- The right to dispute the inaccuracy or error in the personal information and have the personal information controller correct it immediately and accordingly, unless the request is vexatious or otherwise unreasonable.
- The right to suspend, withdraw or order the blocking, removal or destruction of his or her personal information from the personal information controller’s filing system upon discovery and substantial proof that the personal information are incomplete, out-dated, false, unlawfully obtained, used for unauthorized purposes or are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected.
- The right to be indemnified for any damages sustained due to such inaccurate, incomplete, out-dated, false, unlawfully obtained or unauthorized use of personal information.
- The right to data portability thru the ability to obtain from the personal information controller a copy of data undergoing processing in an electronic or structured format, which is commonly used and allows for further use by the data subject.
- The right to lodge a complaint before the National Privacy Commission.
E-mail: info.globalacademyph@gmail.com
Landline: 8005555
Website: http://www.globalacademyph.com/
Address: 4F Millenium Place, Meralco ave. and Sapphire Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
